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“We also have an additional $4.6 million which was written into the development agreements with the City coming into FoJP’s account with the City in fall 2023. We negotiated for it with the developers and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development,” said Deckenbach.

Department of Public Works plans to purchase, plant, and maintain 100 trees surrounding the improved park.

According to Tamara Aparton, RPD spokesperson, rising costs due to inflation and supply chain disruptions could impact the pace and level of improvements.

“We continue to perform cost estimates (and) feasibility (analyses). We value engineering at key milestones throughout planning and design phases of every project to ensure that the project goals are aligned with project budgets. In many cases, for example, we can

JACKSON PARK continues on page 10 substitute a lower cost material without sacrificing quality,” said Aparton.

Under present plans, the clubhouse will be moved to be sited parallel to Carolina Street, with an addition built onto its southern end. Open space and a dog relief area will be located west of where the clubhouse is currently located. Plazas will serve as entrances to the park’s northeastern and southeastern corners. Jackson Liles Architecture and Fletcher Studios, both Dogpatch-based, developed the designs.

FoJP is soliciting suggestions for a new park name, prompted by residents unhappy with the commons being named for former U.S. President Andrew Jackson. Deckenbach said The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, who lived in the area that now comprises San Francisco before Spanish colonization, doesn’t believe there’s a word or term that’s appropriate to serve as a park moniker.

“We currently have 49 responses regarding names. We’ve been sending out emails to people on our mailing list and asking for input at community meetings. We will continue to request that Hill residents and users of the park share their ideas with FoJP. We do not anticipate asking the RPD Commission to change the name until the physical renovation is complete,” said Deckenbach.

To rename the park, FoJP needs to conduct extensive community outreach and secure support from the District 10

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California College of Arts undergraduates, Meredith Bond, a fourth-year graphic design student, and Afreed Azad, a third-year graphic student, have developed a new logo and collateral materials for FoJP’s capital campaign. The work was done through TBD, a student-run design studio that engages in nonprofit projects.

This spring, three new restaurants will open at the intersection of Mariposa and Carolina streets on property owned by Bacchus Management Group, a San Francisco-based hospitality enterprise.

“There will be Magic Doughnuts & Coffee, a modern coffee and doughnut shop, with offerings like lemon meringue doughnuts and coffee from RoastCo, a small coffee roasting company we own based in Oakland,” said Tim Stannard, president of Bacchus Management Group. “There will also be Louie’s Original, a hamburger and milkshake joint. The name is in honor of Louis’ Lunch, a burger restaurant I used to visit in New Haven, Connecticut when I was a kid. They claim to be the first restaurant to serve hamburgers in the U.S. Lastly, there’ll be La Connessa, meaning “the connected,” for the connected spaces. LaConnessa will be a contemporary Italian trattoria featuring a seasonally changing menu of regional Italian dishes. It’ll also have a big, beautiful bar with lots of little bites for snacking.”

Stannard said the location near Jackson Park was a primary reason he’s opening the restaurants.

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“There are very few places near the base of the hill near Jackson Park to get a bite to eat, onsite or to bring to the park. We’re hoping the park and the restaurants will activate one another,” said Stannard.

Stannard, who currently lives in the Peninsula, grew up in San Francisco and spent time at Jackson Park.

“My uncle lived just up the hill on Connecticut Street. When we visited, we walked down the hill

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to play in the park. Later, when my son was born, we returned so he could play here too. That’s one of the inspirations to open Louie’s Original. He loves vanilla milkshakes,” said Stannard.

Stannard welcomes improvements to Jackson Park.

“I think it will create a vibrant recreational space. When I grew up, everything around the park was light industrial, from warehouses to manufacturing. I look forward to having park users come to get food to take to the park and hear baseball games from the front doors,” said Stannard. “I don’t foresee any overlap with the openings and the renovation. That said, we are excited for the future of the park. (We) look forward to the restaurants being a part of the future of the community, along with the new version of Jackson Park.”

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submission, Sara worried out loud, “I hope I get in.”

For Jessica’s third try we retained an immigration attorney, who revised her application, making sure every “i” was doted, every “t” crossed, and drafted a letter outlining why she qualified for an F-1 visa to study in the U.S. The family collected testimonials about Jessica’s dedication to her church and community, to demonstrate she would not overstay her travel permit, the U.S. State Department’s biggest worry. America doesn’t give visas to Africans easily, something I confirmed with a friend at the State Department, who told me that Rwandans illegally and indefinitely prolong their stay 80 percent of the time, a factually incorrect assertion oft propagated by U.S. representatives in Africa. Official State Department data put that number at closer to 10 percent. The real problem, according to our attorney, is that Africans are Black. To bolster Jessica’s chances, we asked former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos and State Senator Scott Weiner to connect us with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s Office, which they promptly did. Pelosi’s staff, in turn, sent a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda, asking that Jessica’s file be fairly evaluated. Having done as much as we could, we fitfully waited for Jessica’s visa appointment, scheduled just a week before the start of Riordan’s second semester.

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Sara received an email from the School for International Training, the program to which she’d applied, requesting her transcripts, which she passed on to her school’s Office of International Programs.

Debbie and I nervously monitored WhatsApp on the day of Jessica’s visa appointment, anxious for good news. We heard nothing, a silent indicator that things went badly. The next day we received an email from Jessica’s father, Eric.

Jessica was denied a visa again and reasons weren’t disclosed to us. The officer refused to take the letter from the lawyer. I know it is very frustrating and devastating news to all of us, especially Jessica.

Eric said he told the officer that he had a letter from an attorney addressed to him, but he declined to review it, saying “it is my right to get a lawyer, but he is not obliged to take the document.” Eric went on to detail the questions the consular had asked Jessica, which revolved around her relationship with Debbie and me and how she secured a scholarship.

A few hours later our lawyer responded to Eric’s message.

Based on the questions and answers, I believe the officer had made up his mind to deny the F-1 visa even before the interview began. Nothing in your responses would sensibly explain why Jessica was denied. The only logical conclusion is that the officer had this mindset before you got to the window for the interview. This is not how the process is supposed to work and Jessica deserved both a full review of her application and a full explanation as to why she was denied.

The attorney promised to follow-up, and Debbie continues to lobby public officials to pay attention to the racist undertones of America’s visa process. But there’s little hope of any kind of remedy. Consular offices, unlike most other parts of the government, have little oversight and less transparency. Riordan started its second semester without Jessica, who remains in Rwanda, wondering if it’s her fault she wasn’t able to secure a U.S. visa, maybe because she’s Black.

Sara probably won’t hear back about her South Africa application until the Spring. Her college assures her, though, that she’s likely to get in.

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